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WhatsApp now has 2 billion users
Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service now has 2 billion users worldwide, the company announced in a blog post today, up from 1.5 billion and 1 billion users in 2018 and 2016, respectively. That compares to 2.5 billion users for Facebook itself, according to The Wall Street Journal, and 1 billion Instagram…
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Netflix offers a free movie to try to get people to subscribe for the sequel
Netflix thinks its original content can get people to subscribe, so through March 9th, the streaming service is giving US residents a free movie, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, in the hopes that it might get them to pay and sign up to watch the sequel, which came…
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YouTube continues to mirror Twitch, tests new clap feature that lets fans donate to creators
YouTube is trying to figure out how to help creators earn more revenue through alternative monetization methods, and its newest attempt reiterates that YouTube is still following in Twitch’s footsteps. Clapping is the latest idea YouTube is testing in certain territories. Officially referred to as “viewer applause,” the feature allows…
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Ramp is a corporate card focused on helping you spend less
Meet Ramp, a new startup that offers corporate credit cards with 1.5% cashback on everything. The company thinks that a cashback program combined with an analysis of your payments to help you spend less is more valuable than alternative corporate card offerings Ramp is launching publicly today and has raised…
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Taking a page from SimCity, UrbanFootprint pitches new tools for urban development
For decades, the best urban planning simulation wasn’t a simulation for urban planners at all, but the wildly popular city building game, SimCity, says Peter Calthorpe, an expert in the field and the co-founder of UrbanFootprint. Calthorpe began his career as an urban planner and designer in the late seventies,…
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Google Play Protect blocked 1.9 billion malware installs last year
Google says Play Protect blocked more than 1.9 billion malware-laced app installs last year. Malicious apps were reportedly installed on Android phones via non-Google app stores, as well as online gambling and adult websites. Deemed unsafe for users, the apps were detected and blocked by Google Play Protect. In its…
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